diff --git a/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 2da1def3..1f0e19f3 100644
--- a/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.0</version>
+      <version>2.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>